{"id":103643,"date":"2016-12-13T08:42:43","date_gmt":"2016-12-13T13:42:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/?page_id=103643"},"modified":"2025-12-12T12:42:19","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T17:42:19","slug":"data-glossaries","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/support\/buworks\/data-glossaries\/","title":{"rendered":"BW Data Glossaries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Data Glossaries, or Data Dictionaries,<span>\u00a0provide definitions for Variables, Characteristics, and Key Figures used in the Business Warehouse reports developed for each of the functional areas within BUworks. Here&#8217;s an example of the data available in the HCM data glossary:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/tech\/files\/2016\/12\/HCM-data-dictionary-sample.jpg\" alt=\"hcm data dictionary sample\" width=\"974\" height=\"179\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-103647\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/files\/2016\/12\/HCM-data-dictionary-sample.jpg 1164w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/files\/2016\/12\/HCM-data-dictionary-sample-636x117.jpg 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/files\/2016\/12\/HCM-data-dictionary-sample-1024x188.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 974px) 100vw, 974px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Available\u00a0Data Glossaries<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a href=\"\/tech\/files\/2016\/12\/buworks-hcm-data-dictionary.xlsx\">HCM Glossary<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; definitions of terms used in Human Capital Management reports (last modified 1\/29\/20)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/support\/buworks\/data-glossaries\/fm-gm\/\"><strong>GM \/ FM Glossary<\/strong><\/a> &#8211;\u00a0definitions of Variables, Characteristics and Key Figures used in Grants Management and Funds Management reports (last modified 9\/27\/18)<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"\/tech\/files\/2023\/02\/BW-procurement-reporting-Guided-BUying-Ariba-glossary.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Purchasing (Guided BUying \/ SRM) Glossary<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; definitions of Characteristics and Key Figures used in Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) reports (last modified 2\/07\/23)<\/p>\n<p>Data Dictionaries containing technical information are available on request (send request to <a href=\"mailto:ithelp@bu.edu\">ithelp@bu.edu<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Data Glossaries, or Data Dictionaries,\u00a0provide definitions for Variables, Characteristics, and Key Figures used in the Business Warehouse reports developed for each of the functional areas within BUworks. Here&#8217;s an example of the data available in the HCM data glossary: Available\u00a0Data Glossaries HCM Glossary\u00a0&#8211; definitions of terms used in Human Capital Management reports (last modified 1\/29\/20)&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1467,"featured_media":0,"parent":91907,"menu_order":15,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/103643"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1467"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=103643"}],"version-history":[{"count":31,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/103643\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":160473,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/103643\/revisions\/160473"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/91907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}